"Tingxuan, I really know I was wrong, please help me."

Su Ying held He Tingxuan's hand, crying with tears streaming down her face, looking pitiful.

"I was in a bad mood that day, which is why I actually slapped her during rehearsal. I didn't mean to bully her. Tingxuan, please believe me and help me, okay?"

"Hmph..." He Tingxuan looked at her coldly, the smile on his lips mocking and indifferent, "Su Ying, you've been in a bad mood far too often."

"When you're in a bad mood, you hit people; when you're in a bad mood, you're late for filming; when you're in a bad mood, you swear all the time. Ah Ying, is it just a bad mood or is this your true nature? I can hardly tell anymore."

“Tingxuan…” Su Ying pouted, her fair chin trembling pitifully. “I… I’m not like this by nature. I’m actually very kind. I… I’m just spoiled by you and have a bad temper. I didn’t mean to be this bad.”

"...You've been spoiled by me and now you have a bad temper?" He Tingxuan frowned, amused by Su Ying's words. "Ah Ying, I spoil you and pamper you because I want you to be happy, because I want you to live more comfortably in this dirty entertainment industry, not so that you can be arrogant and bully others!"

"I...I didn't bully her..." Su Ying was still trying to argue. "Being an actress means being willing to sacrifice and make sacrifices, right? It's just a slap, what's so hard about that? I've been through the same thing, haven't I?"

"You went through the same thing?" He Tingxuan asked in return.

Su Ying blinked guiltily, "Yes, yes, I went through the same thing."

“Heh…” He Tingxuan suddenly sighed, “Aying, you certainly didn’t become a big star right from the start, and you did start as a small-time actress. But I ask you to ask yourself honestly, have you really experienced all this bullying?”

"I..." Su Ying was instantly choked.

He Tingxuan: "I know the entertainment industry is a deep and murky place, and I know that a girl like you with no background would be bullied a lot if she suddenly entered it. So when you decided to enter the industry, I resolutely moved my business to Beijing. I'll make money while protecting you."

"I accompanied you to auditions, to film sets, to business negotiations, to commercials, and to all sorts of events. Put your hand on your heart and think carefully: when I was by your side, who bullied you? Who laid a single hair on your head?!"

"..." Su Ying kept her head down and didn't say anything.

He Tingxuan pulled his hand away, his eyes filled with disappointment as he looked at Su Ying.

"Ah Ying, when did you become like this? I remember you didn't have these bad habits before."

"I...I was wrong..." Su Ying didn't know how to explain, so she could only shamelessly hug He Tingxuan's hand again and plead for forgiveness in a coquettish manner, "Tingxuan, I know I was wrong, I will never do it again."

"I will correct my bad habits, and I will apologize to Zhu Jinchao."

"Hmph," He Tingxuan sneered, ignoring her.

She shook He Tingxuan's arm and continued, "Tingxuan, I really know I was wrong. I lost my temper with Zhu Jinzhao because I didn't know she was a daughter of the Zhu family, and I didn't know that the person with her was Shi Jing. If I had found out their identities earlier, I wouldn't have been so willful and reckless."

"If you had known their identities earlier, you wouldn't have been so willful?" He Tingxuan raised an eyebrow. "What if they didn't have this identity? What if they were just ordinary extras? Would you not feel you were wrong today? Would you think Zhu Jinzhao deserved the slap you gave him?"

"I... of course I wouldn't." Su Ying smiled, her eyes narrowed, but her smile was full of panic. "Tingxuan, I also started as a small-time actress, so I definitely don't think Zhu Jinzhao deserved it."

"..." He Tingxuan was not in the mood to joke around with her, so he pulled his hand away again and turned to leave.

"Tingxuan!" Su Ying panicked and, forgetting all about maintaining her pride, immediately rushed over and hugged He Tingxuan's leg.

"Tingxuan, don't go! Don't abandon me! You're the only one left for me!"

He Tingxuan remained unmoved: "Aying, actually, I've always been the only one by your side. It's just that you're too proud and only realize it now."

"It's not too late for me to find out now!" Su Ying hugged him tightly, not daring to loosen her grip even slightly. "Tingxuan, it's not too late for me to find out now. We still have a chance!"

"Opportunity?" He Tingxuan looked down at her, a deep sorrow hanging over his handsome face. "Aying, what opportunities do we still have?"

Su Ying looked up at him, large tears rolling down her cheeks: "We still have a chance to be together! Tingxuan, I didn't cheat on you. That bed scene was added by the director at the last minute, and I didn't agree to it at first!"

He Tingxuan simply didn't believe it: "You disagree? Then who is that person groaning so loudly in the RV?"

Su Ying: "That moan was deliberately made to annoy you! When you confessed to me, you promised me that no matter how serious our arguments were, you would never give me the silent treatment. But you broke your promise. Not only did you give me the silent treatment, you also left me here alone and ran off to a foreign country."

“I was angry, so when I heard you were coming back, I deliberately made that noise… but actually nothing happened between me and him. I just wanted to make you jealous and apologize.”

"...Really?" He Tingxuan's eyes wavered slightly.

Su Ying nodded quickly: "Really! I'm not lying to you!"

"I have neither cheated nor changed my mind; my person and my heart are both pure!"

"..." He Tingxuan pursed his lips tightly. Although he didn't speak, his tense body began to relax slowly.

Seizing the opportunity, Su Ying quickly got up from the ground and threw herself into He Tingxuan's arms.

“Tingxuan, I love you.” She wrapped her arms around He Tingxuan’s waist, looked up at him affectionately, “We’ve been together for so many years, how could I cheat on you with another man and abandon you? You’ve only been angry with me lately, but you don’t know that I’ve been planning our future all along.”

He Tingxuan composed himself and asked coldly, "What future have you planned?"

Su Ying: "You've brought up marriage with me many times, but every time I said I wanted to wait a little longer, so you always thought I didn't want to marry you. But that's not true."

"I said wait because I feel that my career still has a lot of room for development. I want to climb higher and reach the most dazzling peak before I can marry you openly and honestly."

Su Ying became more and more emotional as she spoke, and hot tears fell like pearls one by one.

"You've been with me for so many years, accompanying me from obscurity to stardom. You are the person I should thank the most, which is why I wanted to wait until I was truly famous before becoming your bride."

"Tingxuan, I really want to marry you."